Montco To Aid Mental Health Agency North Penn Group To Get $600,000 From County Bond

June 14, 1990|The Morning Call

A North Penn agency servicing mentally retarded and mentally impaired clients will receive a $600,000 shot in the arm as part of a $6 million bond issue approved by Montgomery County commissioners yesterday.

The county Higher Education and Health Authority will issue the bonds on behalf of the Northwestern Corporation, a company providing mental health services and community living arrangements for the mentally impaired through its subsidiary agency, Cope Centers Inc.

Cope House, a community rehabilitation residence for mentally handicapped adults at 105 E. Main St., Lansdale, will receive $112,000.

Another $129,600 from the bond issue will go to the Hatfield House at 110 Bethlehem Pike, Colmar. Hatfield House is also a community rehabilitation residence.